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HOW TO GIVE COMMENTS AT A COUNCIL MEETING
Written Comments: Written comments that address specific items listed on the meeting agenda or issues that will be brought up under the open period for public comment must be received by Thursday, June 19, 2025. Please address comments to Council Chair Rick Bellavance or Executive Director Cate O’Keefe and Mail to: NEFMC, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950, or Email to: comments@nefmc.org

Public Comments: Interested members of the public may address the Council for up to three minutes. Please review the Council’s Guidelines for Providing Public Comments.

  • For in person comments please use the sign-up sheet on the table at the entrance to the Council meeting room.
  • For remote comments please email Alex Dunn at adunn@nefmc.org to be added to the commenter list.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

8:30 a.m. Executive Committee Closed Session

10:00 Introductions and Announcements (Council Chair Rick Bellavance)

10:05 Reports on Recent Activities - Council Chair, Council Executive Director, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) Regional Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Enforcement, HMS and ICCAT

11:30 Council Coordination Committee, Northeast Region Coordinating Council (Executive Director Cate O’Keefe)

12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:45 Executive Order 14276 and Management Flexibility Action (Council staff)

3:00 Holistic Strategic Plan Initiative (Brett Wiedoff, The Parnin Group)

4:00 Offshore Energy (Elizabeth Methratta, Chris Orphanides, and Angela Silva, NEFSC)

5:00 Council Adjourns

6:00 Council Public Outreach (Hilton Garden Inn lobby)

Informational exchange among Council members, staff, and meeting attendees; all are welcome; light snacks

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

9:00 a.m. Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Track Peer Review (Dr. Jon Hare, NEFSC)

9:45 Scallop Committee Report (Melanie Griffin)

11:45 Spiny Dogfish (MAFMC Council staff)

12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:45 Northeast Fisheries Science Center Cost Survey Effort (NEFSC)

2:30 Groundfish Committee Report (Rick Bellavance)

4:30 Open Period for Public Comment

Public comments on Council issues that are not listed on the agenda (please limit remarks to 3 minutes)

Thursday, June 26, 2025

9:00 a.m. On-Demand Fishing Gear Conflict Working Group (Mike Pierdinock; Caroline Potter, Alli Murphy, GARFO)

10:30 CANCELLED Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (GARFO)

11:00 Scientific and Statistical Committee Social Sciences Subcommittee (Dr. Hiro Uchida, Subcommittee Chair)

11:30 Council Planning (Executive Director Cate O’Keefe)

12:00 Other Business

This meeting will be recorded, consistent with 16 USC 1852. Audio files of these recordings will be available on the NEFMC website.